ISOTOPES AND RADIOACTIVITY

1. http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/halflife.htm

   "Understanding Radiation" by the US Radiation Protection Agency

2. http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/cat47.html

   From the "Health Physics Society" website - this is the "Experts Answers" section - scroll down to read the Q and A's on Radiopharmaceuticals

3. http://hps.org/publicinformation/radterms/

   Again from the "Health Physics Society" website - Radiations terms defined

4. http://ie.lbl.gov/education/isotopes.htm

   Explore the table of Isotopes: find out about ANY isotope - its halflife, how it decays, how it is produced...

5. http://wwwndc.tokai.jaeri.go.jp/CN04/index.html

   Database of all know nuclides and isotopes...

6. http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page03/3_54radio.htm

   Good, easy to understand, site all about radioactivity with info as well on the production of isotopes.

7. http://www.petnm.unimelb.edu.au/nucmed/detail/radionuc.html

   Tables of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals

8. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/biohalf.html

   Biological half-life: another table of isotopes to giving their biological half-life as well as radiological half-life

9. http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/halflife.htm

   Definitions of half-life, biological half-life and effective half-life

10. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/isotopes/

    Info on a few selected isotopes from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

11. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/printable_information_papers/inf55print.htm

    "Radioisotopes in Medicine" - a report by The World Nuclear Association

12. http://www.clf.rl.ac.uk/Reports/2001-2002/pdf/14.pdf

    Article about the production of Isotopes

RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS

1. http://www.lunis.luc.edu/nucmed/tutorial/radpharm/rrx-defn.htm

   The definition of what a radiopharmaceutical is. A good place to start...

2. http://nuclearpharmacy.uams.edu/RPLIST.html

   A list of commonly used radiopharmaceuticals

3. radionuclides.doc

   A list of commonly used radionuclides

4. http://www4.tlabs.ac.za/isotopes/isot3a0.htm

   A lab that makes radiopharmaceuticals

5. http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/postgrad/medphys/5001_reinhard02.pdf

   A power point on radiopharmaceuticals

6. http://lunis.lumc.edu/nucmed/tutorial/radpharm/

   Everything you wanted to know about RP's

7. http://www1.amershambiosciences.com/aptrix/upp01077.nsf/Content/Products?OpenDocument&ParentId=42310&zone=Radiochemicals

   Link to Amersham International; this country's biggest producer of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals

8. http://www1.amershambiosciences.com/APTRIX/upp00919.nsf/Content/Radiochemicals%20Working%20Safely%20With%20Radioactivity%20Isotope%20Data%20Cards?OpenDocument&hometitle=Radiochemicals

   Very useful Data-Cards produced by Amersham to help workers in the safe handling of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals

9. http://www.radiopharm.com/

   Radiopharmaceuticals web site

10. www.ausete.com.au/nuclesum.html

    Web site on the uses of radiopharmaceuticals

GAMMA CAMERA

1. http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~mirg/home/tutorial/hardware.html

   Brief descriptions of the parts of a gamma camera

2. http://www.med.harvard.edu/JPNM/physics/didactics/basics.html

   Another web site with diagram of the whole gamma camera

3. http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/waw/mad/mad8.html

   A look at the maths of the gamma camera - how exactly do you get better resolution than then number of PM-tubes?

4. http://www.terarecon.com/products/mgc_index.html

   Specs for an actual gamma camera

5. http://www.jhbmc.jhu.edu/Imaging/gallery.html

   Photo gallery of the medical imaging equipment available at The John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - a gamma camera among the equipment

6. http://www.answers.com/topic/gamma-camera

   Gamma Camera - definition, guide and further links from Answers.com

NUCLEAR MEDICINE

1. http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/radionuclideimaging/

   "The Radionuclide Imaging Center" - a patients guide to Nuclear Medicine

2. http://bfa.sdsu.edu/ehs/radiationman.htm

   Radiation Safety Manual